What do you mean with "making and selling new paintings"
Do you think people understand that it is just money changing hands like if you were making and selling new paintings ?
Bitcoin is a currency, only that it is a digital one , and in fact you are never seeing the coin that you are sending/receiving because it is stored on the blockchain.
But why should people be afraid for it? No one is going to be poor because of no holding cryptos, and no one knows if there is going to be a crash or no.
Oh my god.. i have never seen a post like this.. saying that people is afraid of it.. what the hell.
+1
if you are afraid of bitcoin, walk away!
im taking that the OP is worried about loosing something although he doesnt specifically say it.
people are trading bitcoin for other crypto currencies and even fiat so when we trade something of value it has to change hands,
when trading sometimes we loose and sometimes we win,
everybody is and should make the best choices possible to minimise risk and maximise gain